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Bristol is one step closer to getting a combined public transport “Oyster”-style smart card.
Train operator Great Western Rail (GWR) is piloting a brand-new electronic card which passengers will use instead of physical tickets on one of its key city routes.
Called the “Touch Card”, the system will work in much the same way as a London Oyster Card, and will enable passengers to pay for weekly, monthly or annual season tickets online or at the station before using the card to pass through ticket barriers.
It is hoped the electronic ticketing system will be extended to buses in the future, allowing passengers in Bristol to use one card to travel across the city.
The smart card pilot is taking place on the Severn Beach to Temple Meads line from May and will initially only be available to season ticket holders, not those wishing to buy single or return journeys.
Lee Edworthy from GWR said: “Technology has fundamentally changed the way that we travel. Our pilot smart card scheme for the Severn Beach line will make buying a ticket and travelling with us much easier and more convenient.
“Initially starting with rail season tickets, it is the first step towards wider integration of ticketing for bus and rail across the Bristol area.”
Touch Card users will have an online travel account where they can check, manage and buy tickets.
Tickets bought online will be available to use on the Touch Card two hours after the transaction, while tickets bought through vending machines will be added to the card straight away.
GWR is currently working to install platform validators along the Severn Beach line stations and at Bristol Temple Meads.
The cards will look much like the current First Bristol, Bath and West bus touch ticket card, but passengers will not initially be able to use the Touch Card on bus services.
Departing Bristol City Council cabinet member for transport, Mark Bradshaw, said: "This investment is good news for passengers using Temple Meads and the Severn Beach Line with more gates to help ease congestion, equipped with new ticket readers making smart payment for local rail travel a reality.
“Piloting the smartcard on the Severn Beach Line and Temple Meads is a big step forward for Bristol. It will also help us move towards comprehensive and convenient smart ticketing across the bus network, local rail network and on Metrobus.
“Together with the newer trains arriving this year, the Severn Beach line, which carries well over one million journeys per year, is getting a much-needed boost."
The smart card pilot will conclude in September and, if successful, will see the technology rolled out to other passengers and services.
Bristol North MP, Charlotte Leslie, added: “I am absolutely delighted that GWR are to trial their Touch smart card system here in Bristol, and that they have chosen the popular Seven Beach line to begin the transfer to the new scheme.
“This could be another step towards creating an all-Bristol-transport smart payment and will make rail travel easier and more passenger friendly. I sincerely hope that the results of the trial will be successful and that the project can soon be rolled out across the city.”


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New customs legislation to benefit SA
Brand new customs legislation, which the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is expected to implement soon, will bring about a number of trade benefits for the country, says the Commissioner of the Tom Moyane.
“These include greater transparency and predictability of doing business, promoting exports, enhancing business competitiveness and stimulating domestic activity, promoting an environment for SMMEs to flourish, and ultimately making South Africa more globally competitive,” Moyane explained.
He said the changes would have a massive impact on stakeholders as well as the way SARS works and it was therefore important to understand why they were doing it and how it will benefit everyone in the long-term.
In 2003 work on relooking the customs legislation began when it was realised that the Customs and Excise Act of 1964 had not kept pace with the changing focus of customs work.
The reworking of the customs legislation took the form of the Customs Control Act, the Customs Duty Act and the Customs and Excise Amendment Act, which were published in the Government Gazette last July.
“The existing Customs and Excise Act will be renamed to the Excise Duty Act when these Acts become effective. The two Customs Acts will be implemented on a date yet to be determined by our President,” Commissioner Moyane told delegates attending the SA Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) annual conference in Durban.
Moyane said the implementation of the legislation will only occur when the relevant rules, systems and processes are in place.
“The new systems, policies and procedures are thus being developed in phases – the first three are registration and licensing, goods reporting and declaration processing. Roll out of the registration and licensing phase will probably begin in the 2016/17 financial year,” he explained.
Each of these three initial phases will also have their own sub-phases, he added.
The Commissioner highlighted the fact that these changes will facilitate trade and investment and not hamper it. “This has been one of the biggest concerns from our clients,” he said.
The changes will have benefits to trade and the country.
SARS also assured industry that it will not implement any aspect of the new legislation without proper consultation.
“We are also aware that one of the biggest concerns of [our] clients is delays at the border post.” He said this had been addressed through the SARS modernisation programme over the past few years.
There are also a number of other initiatives that customs is currently working on to speed up passage through borders, including the Single Window concept. The concept of a Single Window is borne out of the fact that traditional import/export and related regulatory requirements pose a barrier to market entry for international goods.
Meanwhile, Moyane said the illicit economy continues to be a serious threat to legitimate forms of business and financial activity. It also undermined economic growth and the tax revenue base.
“Illicit economic activities contribute towards many of our social ills e.g. bribery of officials and financial institutions.”
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Following the latest NVIDIA rumour of the release of the first Pascal Graphic Card GTX 1080, there has been a rumour about AMD releasing Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 this June. It’s turning out to be fascinating how the rivalry between the two tech giants remains neck to neck even where rumours are concerned. The report posted yesterday by DigiTimes reporter Monica Chen states kind of authoritatively that the Polaris launch is in June, although the information is unsubstantiated by evidence.
If it is true, it entails a huge leap for VR technology earlier this year than we expected. A common grievance among tech enthusiasts is that the price of minimum VR-ready tech is almost ridiculously high for the average PC user. AMD has stated that a motivation behind developing Polaris is to bring down this price, and they might as well succeed in making a difference given that a major share of the high pricing is because of the sturdy graphics processing requirements.
At present, AMD only has around 20% of the global share of PC graphic cards amounting to a series of bad decisions (think Fusion) a few years ago, and hopes that Polaris would help them recover their lost popularity.
Just to remind you, AMD Polaris utilizes the 14-nm finFET Technology that is owned by Samsung and is going to be manufactured at Globalfoundry. The card will have 4th gen GCN architecture, will support display port 1.3 and HDMI 2.0, among other details that are not known for certain at the moment. Given a revolution of GPU and VR tech just round the corner, the future has never seemed brighter.


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We’ll explain why Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update is worth your time in our review. Here’s what’s different this time around: There’s new hardware, too.
PC World today shared the news that Microsoft is rolling out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: “Windows 10 Fall Creators Update review: This could be Microsoft’s biggest Windows yet.” As in past Updates (which install like entire new editions of Windows 10, as large downloads with extended install times), there’s a way for early adopters to grab the Update now, while most of us will get it over time like other monthly Windows updates.
Update: The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is now available, and can be manually downloaded/upgraded via the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant. Otherwise, Microsoft will automatically push the FCU to all PCs in a series of waves that should last for a few weeks.
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is what every sequel shoots for: bigger, better, more ambitious than the original. As it rolls out in phases starting Tuesday (see Microsoft’s blog post for details), our review focuses on Windows’ big, risky bet on mixed reality, plus smarter investments in the pen, creative 3D apps, Edge, and even speech. A ton of practical, everyday additions won us over, including OneDrive placeholders and much longer battery life while watching movies.
See the full article for what’s new and what’s changed.
PC World has separate articles for various aspects of the Update. For example, “Hands on with Windows 10’s Story Remix, the new tool to make your photos pop” covers the new Remix app.
Microsoft’s Story Remix was expected to be one of the highlights of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, and it lives up to that promise, combining the existing, excellent Photos app with a video and slideshow editor that adds transitions, music, and even fantastic 3D animations.
It’s worth noting, though, that Story Remix and Photos exist (for now) within a sort of odd, yin-yang duality where both apps co-exist. If you choose to open or edit a file within Photos via File Explorer, Windows will open the “traditional” Photos interface. But if you simply launch the Photos app, the Story Remix interface will open. Interestingly, there also seems to be no way to transition between the two interfaces within the app itself.
There’a also a separate slideshow: “The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update’s best new features.”


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More supercomputers are using Intel Corp.'s chips, according to the latest Top 500 list, Intel said. The high performance computing (HPC) community is especially enthusiastic about the Intel Xeon 5500-series.
The 33rd edition of the TOP500 list shows that 399 of the world's top 500 systems, including two in the top 10, now have Intel inside. Systems using Intel Xeon quad-core processors feature prominently in the list, holding 340 spots. Using reinvented high-k metal gate transistors, Intel's previous-generation quad-core 45nm Intel Xeon processor 5400 series is used in 263 systems.


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British singer Jessie J took part in a Chinese reality show and immediately found herself involuntarily involved in a Chanel perfume advert plagiarism scandal, reports Chinese news portal Sohu.
The star participated in Singer 2018, a Hunan TV contest show, in which pop stars compete against one another to win. Jessie J then posted highlights of her promotional video (see above, starts 0:25), made by the television show, on her Instagram account.
Comparison of promotional video featuring singer Jessie J (top) with Channel's 2017 perfume advertisement (below).
However, it was soon being compared to a 2017 Chanel Gabrielle perfume advertisement featuring American actress and brand ambassador Kristen Stewart, causing Jessie J to delete the video.
The TV company has also removed the video from all of their social media platforms without explanation.
Some netizens believe it is purely a publicity stunt, while others think the rip-off is quite shameful and uncomfortable to watch.
Jessie J came first in the opening episode, which aired on January 12, thanks to a textbook performance of her 2011 smash hit 'Domino', according to the report.
In the latest episode, which aired on Friday night, she chose to cover the 1993 classic 'I Have Nothing' by Whitney Houston and once again ranked first.
She became a hot topic on Chinese social media after the initial show. Followers of her Weibo account, the Chinese version of Twitter, have since increased to more than 318,000.


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You tell us.
Is the Chia Obama tasteless and racist or hilariously funny and camp?
The deal is, Walgreens has ordered stores in Tampa and Chicago, test markets for Chia Obama, to remove the product, saying the ceramic planter molded in the apparent likeness of the president isn't appropriate, reports Tampa Bay Online.
Chia Obama is available in two versions, with a happy-looking Obama or a determined-looking Obama. Logos on the box say "Yes You Can!" collect them both.
The company advertises the Chia Obama under the slogan, "Celebrate the Change right in your own house.''
So, what's your take?
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iPhone 5 photos leak, again
Even more snaps of an iPhone 5, apparently assembled from newly available parts, has appeared online
With a September release pencilled in for Apple’s new iPhone 5 the rumour mill is churning out plenty of specs and photos. These shots come from iLab and are the result of buying and building from many new parts recently made available.
Presuming this isn’t a 3D printed fanboy mock-up – and assuming it isn’t made from parts Apple has released as a decoy – we can expect to see a smaller dock connector as previously rumoured. We can also see that audio jack relocated to the bottom of the phone, and a potentially larger screen – although there’s no sign of that fingerprint reader we were getting excited about. The metal plate on the rear also seems to be a recurring feature in the photo leaks of late.
Check out our iPhone 5 rumour round-up for all the other specs you can expect on its purported release date of September 21st.
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Industry takes a while to adjust to GST regime
THE Malaysian retail sector is expected to grow moderately in the current (second) quarter of this year, despite getting off to a slow start in 2016.
Retail Group Malaysia (RGM) managing director Tan Hai Hsin says that while RGM does not have an estimate for the second quarter, he reckons that performance will be positive compared with the same period in 2015.
“During the second quarter of 2015, the Malaysia retail industry performed poorly due to the goods and services tax (GST). In that quarter, the retail industry dropped by 11.9%. This was the worst quarterly retail growth rate since 1999,” he tells StarBizWeek.
Malaysian Association for Shopping and High-Rise Complex Management past-president Richard Chan admits that growth will be marginally better in the current quarter versus the same period in 2015.
“In the second quarter of last year, GST was implemented (on April 1) and it took a while for retailers and consumers to adjust. So this (second) quarter will be better than last year.
“We don’t expect tremendous growth – maybe between 2% and 3%,” he says.
Tan believes that the increase in retrenchment rate and companies downsizing (including those within the manufacturing, finance, insurance and oil and gas industries) will slow down the growth of the Malaysian retail industry further.
“The removal of subsidy on 25kg bags of wheat flour from March 1, 2016 and the huge increase in foreign worker levy for all key economic sectors in March may lead to another round of price increases of retail goods and services in the second quarter.
“The 3% cut in Employees Provident Fund contribution from March is also not expected to contribute significantly to overall retail sales in the second quarter of 2016.”
On the bright side, Tan says that Ramadan will begin in June, pointing out that this should stimulate retail sales during the last month of the second quarter.
Chan says that in spite of the poor consumer sentiment currently, he believes that the local retail sector is still “resilient.”
“We survived the first quarter. There were no disasters, in that there were no retailers that closed down - just a slow down in business. Cinemas have improved a lot since the end of last year, probably because there have been big movies releases.
“The food and beverage (F&B) sector has also been doing well. Fashion may have taken a bit of a hit.”
He adds that some high-end retailers have also been prospering.
“Some people are still buying six-figure items like there’s no tomorrow,” he says, adding that the upcoming Hari Raya festive holidays will be a boost to the local retail sector.
Tan says that the increase in minimum wages from July 2016 is not expected to have a significant impact on the retail industry.
“The retail sector has a direct relationship with the economic performance of our country. When our economy improves, consumers will buy more. When our economic outlook remains weak, consumers will stay cautious.
“For 2016, we do not expect the retail sector to drive the economy. Nevertheless, we expect the services and F&B sectors to contribute to a better growth rate in the private consumption component of the Malaysian economy.”
He says that F&B outlets have been one of the most vibrant trades during the Malaysia economic uncertainty for the last one year.
“The rapid growth of coffee cafes, bakery cafes, fine-dining restaurants, overseas chain restaurants and food trucks has proven that urban Malaysians are still willing to spend on good foods or dine in nice environments despite the increasing cost of living.
Tan says the services sector (including online banking services, online airline ticket, online hotel booking, online movie ticket, food delivery service, home repair services and Uber) will enjoy a sustainable growth rate this year.
“Another sector that will continue to grow this year is online retail sales. More and more brick-and-mortar retailers are setting up online channels to get consumers to spend.
“Many Malaysians are also using social media platforms to launch their products and services from handmade cupcakes and soaps, costume jewellery, limited edition clothing and many more.”
According to the National Property Information Centre’s (Napic) 2015 Property Market Report, the retail sub-sector recorded a slight improvement in occupancy from 81.8% in 2014 to 82.4% in 2015, with a take-up rate amounting to more than 8.39 million sq ft.
Higher take-up spaces were observed in Selangor, with more than 2.15 million sq ft, while Sarawak and Penang each secured more than 1.07 million sq ft.
Apart from Kelantan which recorded negative take-up rate, all other states were positive.
The performance of the three components that form a shopping complex were also commendable – hypermarkets (92.1%), shopping centres (80.8%) and arcades (75.9%).
Shopping centres accounted for 51.3% of the total shopping complexes and 72.1% of the total existing retail space in the country.
As at end-2015, there were 148.86 million sq ft of existing retail space from 932 shopping complexes.
There were a further 64 complexes with 16.25 million sq ft in the incoming supply category and 38 complexes with 11.09 million sq ft in the planned supply segment.
Selangor dominated the existing retail space, while Kuala Lumpur dominated the incoming and planned supply segments.
According to Tan, the performance of the retail sector in the first quarter of this year was not encouraging. “At this moment, RGM is still compiling results from various retailers. The final result will be out at the end of May.
“Based on our current estimate, the first quarter fell -0.4%. This estimate took into consideration the higher pre-GST sales during the same period a year ago as well as the weak Chinese New Year sales in February 2016.”


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Vidgo subscribers are now being made to wait until the current outage ends before getting a refund (in the form of an account credit) for the lack of service. On a positive, it now looks like subscribers are going to get more back than was originally promised.
In what now seems like an unprecedented outage in the age of streaming, Vidgo subscribers have largely been without access to the live TV service throughout the month of October. Quite early into the outage, Vidgo confirmed that it would provide subscribers with a two-week credit.
However, with the outage having entered week four, and no sign of when service will be restored, it no longer seems like two weeks of free service is sufficient. At the same time, we have noticed a number of subscribers reporting that they have yet to receive their credit, with their monthly bill for October having renewed at full price.
According to a new email sent to subscribers yesterday, and seen by Streaming Better, it looks like Vidgo has opted to wait until the outage ends before providing subscribers with the promised credit. While far from ideal, the email explains that Vidgo now intends to reimburse subscribers for the entire length of the outage instead of the two weeks.
“We apologize for the prolonged nature of this outage. Once service is fully restored, in addition to the $10 monthly credit for the next 6 months, we will credit your account for the total number of days the service has been impacted.”
As the email explains, subscribers are still expected to get the previously promised $10 a month for 6 months discount, in addition to the credit for the lack of service.
Even though a refund credit for the full length of the outage is better than the previously promised two weeks, what is a little concerning is how subscribers are being made to pay the full price of a subscription in the meantime. Not to mention, the email seems to clearly imply that subscribers need to remain subscribed to get anything back.
Instead of a refund to the payment method for the time spent without access to their live TV plan, subscribers will simply receive a credit to their account. Presumably, this means that anyone canceling and switching services are unlikely to get anything back unless they resubscribe to Vidgo again. Even then, it remains to be seen if any credits will carry over after leaving and resubscribing.
For those less interested in refunds and more interested in regaining access to the live TV service they are paying for, the email did not provide any further update on when full service is expected to be restored.


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The nail-gnawing hang tight for PUBG India reemergence doesn’t appear to end at any point shortly, with more up-to-date reports recommending that the game’s dispatch could be additionally deferred. However, PUBG has yet not explained any authority dispatch date, a few media reports have thought of different dates on the dispatch. The most recent date was supposed to be someplace in the principal seven-day stretch of December.
Nonetheless, An Inside Sport report said that PUBG’s reemergence into India ‘In the current conditions it won’t be simple’. The site additionally cited insiders expressing that the game’s dispatch could be pushed to January or February one year from now, which once more ‘will rely upon the position of the public authority.’
Beforehand, Inside Sport, citing an anonymous service official subsidiary with MeitY had said, that the Ministry of Electronics and Information innovation (MeitY) has guaranteed that the game is yet to get authorization from the Center to work in India once more.
The public authority had prohibited the multiplayer activity game PUBG on September 2 and it has been pulled out from both Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India following the mandate from the Indian government. Curiously, the APK form of PUBG Mobile India was delivered somewhat recently in November on the authority site of the organization for two or three hours. The APK rendition was accessible for download however the gamers confronted hardships in downloading it. An APK form for some Android clients was additionally delivered.


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The Pacific Northwest is a place that prides itself on being clean and green. It only makes sense with all of the nature that surround our regions beautiful cities. But no two companies are alike and sustainability practices aren’t always what they seem. According to a recent study done by Corporate Knights, the worlds most sustainable company is just a few hours south – meaning you won’t have to look very far for a good example of great leadership.
“This year’s Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable companies, now in its 19th year, reveals that the transition is gathering momentum – and that businesses that take sustainability seriously are flourishing financially,” they wrote.
In what may or may not be a surpise, Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., of Portland, Oregon took first place. Schnitzer Steel Industries was formed in 1906 and prides itself on being a global leader in the metals recycling industry.
Sustainbility is at the core of their business model – in their work they divert and reuse millions of tons of materials each year that might otherwise be destined for landfills. The metals they process are used to create new metal-based products, a process which conserves natural resources and significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
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In order to curate their 2023 list, Corporate Knights assessed over 6,000 public companies – all with revenue over $1 billion USD.
Companies were then scored on metrics such as carbon productivity, revenue earned from “clean” products and services, and even their CEO–average to worker pay ratio (just to name a few.)
Here’s a look at the top five comapnies that made the cut in this years ranking.
“50% of the weight assigned to sustainable revenue and sustainable investment,” they explained. “Nine of the indicators have fixed weights; the rest are assigned weights according to each industry’s relative impact in relation to the overall economy. After quantitatively analyzing data for 25 key performance indicators, using the Corporate Knights methodology, this year’s overall scores were converted to letter grades.”
You can view this year’s full ranking by visiting Corporate Knights website. In the meantime it looks like Seattle coportaions have a little bit of work to do.


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Is There Online Multiplayer in Cuphead?
Cuphead is a game about two brothers who made the wrong deal and now must beat a ton of monsters in order to collect debts. Naturally, fighting monsters isn’t easy and that’s why this is one of the most challenging games of the year. Thankfully, the developers have added couch co-op so you can share that challenge with a friend. Of course, with the game featuring couch co-op, many players will be wondering if the game also has online multiplayer.
Unfortunately, at this moment in time, there is no online multiplayer in Cuphead. However, this particular cloud has a potential silver lining. According to a recent interview with Fandom, Studio MDHR’s Maja Moldenhauer revealed that the developer is “looking into adding online at a later date.” While this is by no means confirmation it’ll definitely happen, it’s at least comforting to know that it’s on the developer’s radar. As soon as any official announcements are made about online multiplayer hitting Cuphead, we’ll be sure to update this post and let you know.
For more on Cuphead, be sure to check out our ever-expanding wiki guide which will help you out with the basics, as well as the tough boss battles.


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The Abbotsford Arts Council presents its annual Christmas Artisan Market from Nov. 21 to 23 at Highstreet shopping complex (3122 Mt. Lehman Rd.).
This year’s event expands on the 2013 Christmas Artisan Gift Fair at the Kariton Art Gallery and the Christmas Craft Fair hosted at the Ag-Rec Building in previous years.
All artisan gifts featured in the market are original locally handmade artwork including fused glass, pottery, jewelry, clothing, woodwork, sculpture and more.
The market takes place at the same time as Highstreet’s Christmas tree lighting.
The market is open from 5 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 21 for a wine-and-cheese opening reception, which is open to the public, and continues from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 22 and 23.
Local musicians perform each evening from 5 to 7 p.m., and CIVL Radio will deejay the market between performances.
Admission is by donation to support the programs of the Abbotsford Arts Council.
For more information, contact the arts council at 604-852-9358, email email@example.com, or visit abbotsfordartscouncil.org.


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Adding virtual reality to video games just got much easier thanks to a new integration between the Unity game development platform and Valve's SteamVR.
Game developers who use Unity gain the capability to build VR experiences more easily, which could translate into more VR game titles available.
But don't expect to see those VR titles at your local GameStop next week. The SteamVR experience requires special hardware like the HTC Vive, which will go on sale in April. Vive and the SteamVR platform are open-source competitors to the Oculus Rift, which starts shipping March 28.
Valve, the company behind the Steam platform, announced the integration at the Unity Technologies developers' conference today. Both companies are among the biggest names in game development, but they're facing increased competition from Oculus and Amazon, which announced its own open-source game development platform yesterday.
"Valve and Unity are both dedicated to creating the highest-quality VR experiences possible," said John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies. "That means giving developers every possible chance to succeed, and our collaboration with Valve is designed to do just that."
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From a player's perspective, PCMag's Will Greenwald found the Vive controller to be very similar to the Oculus Touch and Playstation VR controllers when he did a hands-on test at CES. The Vive system comprises a headset, two single-handed controllers, and two base stations that track their movements.
Valve also announced a rendering plugin for Unity that will simplify the integration and allow for "enhanced fidelity and performance," according to a release.
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A new Tesla Inc’s auto factory to serve the European market will be based in Germany, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday.
Musk said during a ceremony at Germany’s Golden Steering Wheel awards that the new “Gigafactory” would be “in the Berlin area.”
The company planned the facility “near the new airport” in Berlin and Tesla would also set up a design center in the area, he added.
“Everyone knows that German engineering is outstanding and that’s part of the reason we are locating our Gigafactory Europe in Germany,” he said on stage.
“We are also going to create an engineering and design center in Berlin, because I think Berlin has some of the best art in the world,” he said.
The news highlights a further global expansion for the electric vehicle maker, which last month said its factory in China had started production.
Musk offered few details, but reports have said Tesla hopes to start European production by 2021.
“Giga Berlin,” he tweeted, bookending the words with heart emojis.
“Will build batteries, powertrains & vehicles, starting with Model Y,” he said in another tweet.
Tesla is estimated to have about 30 percent of the European market for battery-powered cars.
Musk’s announcement is good news for the German auto industry, said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, a professor at the Center for Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Tesla producing electric vehicles in Germany could wave a checkered flag at the local competition, such as Volkswagen AG, BMW AG and Daimler AG, speeding up innovation in the sector there, Dudenhoeffer said.
Tesla last month said that it posted a profit last quarter instead of a loss as analysts expected.
It said it is producing vehicles “on a trial basis” at its new opened “Gigafactory” in Shanghai, which should help boost global production and sales.
Musk was optimistic that the Shanghai factory could begin cranking out Model Y vehicles by the middle of next year, and believed the new model has the potential to be a huge seller.
He expected the Shanghai factory to hit “volume production” in a few months, and that it could be possible to significantly ramp up Tesla production.
A battery plant is also being built on the Chinese site, he said.
Tesla’s first “Gigafactory” was constructed in Nevada, and its vehicles are built mostly at a factory in Northern California.
TV and online retailer Momo.com Inc (富邦媒體) yesterday said it has set up a new logistics subsidiary, Fu Sheng Logistics Co (富昇物流), to oversee the company’s extensive shipping operations. Leveraging Momo’s 23 satellite warehouses and distribution centers nationwide, Fu Sheng will be in charge of executing the retailer’s same-day shipment plan for deliveries in Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, Momo said in a press release. Seeking to further shorten its supply chain, the company is to set up another seven satellite warehouses and distribution centers by the end of the year. “Fu Sheng has a fleet of 200 couriers
‘ACCORDING TO PLAN’: A company official said that it has set up production sites worldwide to provide services and that its Wisconsin project was going smoothly Hon Hai Precision Industry Co’s (鴻海精密) smart manufacturing center in Wisconsin would begin trial manufacturing in the middle of this year, the company said yesterday, adding that it plans to build a research institute to develop key technologies to support growth over the next five years. Hon Hai, known internationally as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), said in an annual report submitted to the Taiwan Stock Exchange that its planned Foxconn Institute for Research in Science and Technology would conduct research into artificial intelligence, next-generation communications, quantum computing, cybersecurity and nano semiconductors in Taiwan. Hon Hai is to make products at the center
US-CHINA TENSIONS: The company said that it supplies self-designed chips to the Chinese company and, as such, is not affected by the latest US export restrictions Macronix International Co (旺宏電子) said it does not expect its shipments of memory chips to Huawei Technologies Co (華為) to be affected by the latest US export restrictions on the Chinese tech giant. “As long as the company [Huawei] places orders, we will ship [chips], unless the [Taiwanese] government restricts all Taiwanese companies from shipping” to Huawei, Macronix chairman and chief executive officer Miin Wu (吳敏求) said on Monday in Hsinchu. The US Department of Commerce on Friday took a further step to block chip supplies from non-US companies to Huawei by requiring foreign semiconductor makers to get US government permission before
E Ink Holdings Inc (元太科技), the world’s sole supplier of e-paper displays for e-readers and shelf labels, posted its best quarterly net profit for the first quarter in nine years amid increased demand during a traditionally slow season. Net profit soared 80 percent to NT$787 million (US$26.23 million) in the quarter ended March 31, compared with NT$438 million a year earlier. That translated into earnings per share of NT$0.69, up from NT$0.39. E Ink posted lower royalty income of NT$371.23 million last quarter from NT$448.74 million a year earlier, a company financial statement showed. E Ink said that it expects royalty income to


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Social VR is fast growing to become the future of social media as it has immense potentials to revolutionize the online interactions. This is the reason why Facebook has invested a huge deal in VR. Following the launch of Samsung’s Gear VR headset meant for the mobile phones, Zuckerberg now says, “VR is going to be the most social platform.
The best is still to come”. Since their launch, only gaming enthusiasts have accounted for the majority of VR headset sales. Nevertheless, industry leaders have an opinion that social experiences can bring people to take an active interest in VR.
Why do we say VR is fast changing the social media game?
The basic reason why a lot of customers are not highly excited about VR technology is that there is no quality content available in this realm. This is because it is very expensive to produce quality content on VR platform. Therefore we have enough reasons to conclude that social networks in the domain of VR can certainly change the game. To drive this lesson clearer, Vinay Narayan, VR Product Management, HTC Vive says, “You can get bored of a platform but not of people interacting with each other through that platform.”
Some great VR innovations creating strides
vTime developed by Starship Studio is perhaps the best conglomeration of all the features you will need to find in VR for applying it to a social media platform. vTime makes it possible for four people from four different parts of the globe to seamlessly interact with each other in a shared space.
Rec Room is a startling VR platform that has added fun-twists on the conventional games in order to gamify the act of socializing. It facilitates playing games with anyone who is online. Rec Room is today regarded as the ideal platform for playing multiplayer VR games.
VRChat has become very popular with YouTubers as it enables users to add their own content to the world. VRChat has succeeded in creating a VR space that people have always dreamt of.


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May 12, 2014: The Indian digital commerce market which has got over 2.5 crore online buyers and 21.3 crore internet users according to Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is expected to witness a higher growth in 2014. The new report which is in the process of finalization is expected to be released next month. IAMAI which is still in the process of collating the data has given a preview of the data which is going to be released.
According to IAMAI, the digital commerce market in India in 2012 was Rs.47,349 crore and the market grew by 33 per cent last year. The 2013 figures of digital commerce market stood at Rs.62,967 crore and is expected to rise this year. In a statement by Mr.Niotpak Chakravarti, AVP, IAMAI, “We are certainly hoping to post a higher growth this year over the last year on account of a host of factors, including a higher number of internet users in the county.”
The buoyancy in 2014 is being attributed to increase in trust level and better internet penetration. Pricing advantage is also said to be one of the reasons for spiraling growth of digital commerce market. The IAMAI report suggests that travel business accounted for nearly 71 per cent of the digital commerce market and it was valued at Rs.44,907 crore forming the major chunk.


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Contest Names Top Canadian RV Destinations
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Go RVing Canada, in partnership with the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) of Canada and the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), conducted a contest survey this past summer in honor of the RV Centennial, encouraging RV enthusiasts across the country to submit their favorite spots to visit in an RV.
After whittling down the best entries from the various provinces there were just too many world-class destinations to present a top 10, according to a news release. Here then, in no particular order, are the Top 11 places to visit in Canada in an RV:
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Irish drug and medical device maker Covidien PLC said Wednesday it is taking a surgical stapler off the market because of injuries to patients.
The company said it is recalling all Duet TRS Universal Straight and Articulating Single-Use Loading Units, which are to staple tissue together in procedures like bariatric surgeries. Covidien said it received a report that linked the product to an injury after it was used in a patient who had had abdominal surgery. The company recalled some Duet TRS devices in January because of injuries when it was used in the thoracic cavity and is now discontinuing the device.
The company said it sent a letter notifying customers of the recall.
Covidien said the product has a buttress material that is used to reinforce surgical staples and the surrounding tissue. That material was causing injuries to some patients. The company said in January that it received reports that three patients had died and 13 had been seriously injured after thoracic surgeries.
Covidien said it has sold about 540,000 Duet TRS units since the product was launched in 2009. It said revenue from the device was less than $50 million in the first three quarters of its current fiscal year. Covidien said the cost of the recall will reduce its fiscal 2012 profit by "several cents" per share, and will cut its fiscal 2013 profit by 5 to 10 cents per share.
The company's fiscal year ends in September.
Shares of Covidien lost $1.18, or 2.1 percent, to $55.29 in afternoon trading.


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Today opened in a tumultuous way for an article that appeared on the Autocar website, which reported the found agreement for the acquisition of McLaren (automotive department and sports section) by Audi.
The article went around the world in a few tens of minutes but, a few hours after the publication of the same, McLaren denied the news with an official statement.
This reads as follows: “The McLaren group is aware of an article reporting the sale of our automotive and sports sections to Audi. This is an inaccurate article, so McLaren is trying to have the article in question removed.”
“McLaren’s technology strategy has always involved ongoing discussions and collaborations with major partners and suppliers, including other automakers. However, there has been no change in the ownership structure of the McLaren group.”
On the one hand, this press release, with which McLaren wanted to deny the sale to Audi. However, it is understood that Audi’s entry into Formula 1 together with McLaren remains a possibility starting from 2026 if the German manufacturer really enters the world championship circus.
Our sources indicated that, following a Volkswagen board meeting, the Group is really pushing with solid plans to get into Formula 1.
According to what Motorsport.com has learned, the Volkswagen Group should enter F1 not with two brands, as it was initially thought, but with only one. So Audi or Porsche. The idea would be to bring Audi into F1 together with McLaren, or to ignite the Porsche-Red Bull Racing partnership.
Porsche cannot be a credible option to be paired with McLaren, as the two brands compete in the same automotive segment, namely those of sports cars.
Markus Duesmann, CEO of Audi, is working hard to get the clearance and enter F1. The McLaren and Red Bull options both have pros and cons. The final decision will be made once the best chance of success for the Volkswagen Group in F1 has been weighed.
The idea is to have the chance to win as much as possible, which is why the German group’s focus is on McLaren and Red Bull, and not on a low-ranking team like Sauber and Williams.
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Court action, confusion and a big escape clause: here’s why changes to environment law shouldn't be rushed
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Blockchain Revolution Series: Tech Giant LG Electronics Most Likely To Launch Blockchain-Based Smartphone
The renowned tech giant ‘LG Electronics’ is intending to launch its ‘blockchain phone’, thereby, it seems to be joining troops for blockchain adoption.
Well, earlier today, a Korean media source ‘Chosun’ reported that “LG is likely to play a counterpart in Samsung’s innovation initiative”. The report further stated that LG is confronting issues differentiating a potential blockchain phone from Samsung’s prior launches.
Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy S10 earlier this year, with multiple models complete with its blockchain Keystore. The device supports dapps, ERC-20 tokens, and now, even Bitcoin (BTC).
For now, LG seems to have plans to deploy the blockchain technology into their smartphone models. Thereby, LG is going to test their luck in the blockchain industry.
LG electronics, with the objective of in-depth research in the gamut of blockchain technology, is targetting to manufacture new smartphones as a source of easy-access for their users.
Nevertheless, the company is yet to ramp up about the availability of the new product, while simultaneously addressing the apprehensions occurred with a view to generating unique features in their product pertaining the blockchain DApps.


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Suger, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a sales platform for cloud marketplaces, has raised $3.5 million in funding.
The round included a $2.5 million seed round co-led by Craft Ventures and Intel Capital and $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors, including Y Combinator.
Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco that makes early-stage venture investments. Founded in 2017, the firm prefers to invest in business products, business services, consumer products, consumer services, information technology, e-commerce, SaaS, cryptocurrency, and blockchain sectors.
Founded in 1991, Intel Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Intel, based in Santa Clara, California. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage startups across four key areas of the compute tech ecosystem which includes silicon, frontier, devices, and cloud.
Y Combinator is an accelerator firm that prefers to invest in b2b software and services, education, consumer, healthcare, real estate and construction, financial technology, industrials, and government sectors. Founded in 2005, it is based in Mountain View, California.
Suger Use of Funds
The company plans to use the funds to expand and refine its product offering to span the entire pipeline, from the trial phase and opportunity sharing with cloud providers' massive sales network to procurement and post-sales on the marketplace.
Founded in 2022 by Chengjun Yuan and Jon Yoo, Suger is a marketplace platform to manage product listings, offers, contracts, metering, and billing. Suger.io’s SaaS technology helps infrastructure and platform companies sell and co-sell through cloud marketplaces on AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud and Redhat Cloud. They provide no-code setup and unified APIs to list products, manage pricing, make private offers, track product usage, and process billing across multiple cloud marketplace channels for B2B sellers. Its customers include leading brands and companies from multiple B2B SaaS sectors, including database, infrastructure, security, dev/ops, and more.
Company: Suger, Inc.
Round: Pre-Seed and Seed Round
Funding Month: November 2023
Lead Investors: Craft Ventures and Intel Capital
Additional Investors: Y Combinator
Company Website: https://www.suger.io/
Software Category: Sales Platform


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HUD Wants to Know What You Think…
HUD Wants to Know What You Think…About the Financial Assessment Change
For the first time, since announcing the changes to the Reverse Mortgage Program, which were implemented on September 30, HUD is asking for feedback.
Specifically, about the financial assessment changes coming on January 13 of next year.
The 30-comment period, which is set to end on October 15, after beginning on September 12, asks all those who are interested on submit their comments electronically, or by mail, to its Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel. However, it encourages all interested parties submit their feedback electronically.
Carol Galante, HUD’s assistant secretary for housing, and commissioner of the FHA, stated in an article
in Reverse Mortgage Daily:
“Electronic submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to the public.”
Whether electronically or by mail, I like that the reverse mortgage industry finally has the opportunity to comment on the upcoming changes if they wish to do. It’s important to open up a conversation on the upcoming changes, and all they would mean for the consumers in the future.
While the changes have been looking more and more attractive than they initially were, after many a careful consideration, the financial assessment portion still has me on edge.
It’s no wonder that HUD has asked for industry feedback on the topic.
Thus far, all the changes that have been implemented have to do with changing the program one way or another. The financial assesment, however, is the first change that directly affects consumers hoping to qualify for the reverse mortgage.
It’s true, that while the financial assessment would guarantee a smoother process, and ensure future borrowers are better insulated, there will be many consumers who would be left out because of it.
I understand that a financial assessment would limit consumer risk but it presents an interesting dilemma. The program needs a way to protect consumers but that way will end up shutting out other consumers in the process.
For now, the HUD is demonstrating it values what the industry has to say. It’s definitely a step in the right direction.
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Mobile wallet is a very young concept in India that has taken on consumer psyche rapidly. Everyone is loving mobile wallets and embracing them with open arms. Today, mobile wallet is one of the successful business ideas for start-ups. The evidence lies in the fact that it has surpassed credit cards in terms of the number of users in just a fraction of time. Vijay Shekar Sharma’s venture Paytm alone has 20 million active users. The number is higher than the cumulative number of credit cards in India. At present, there are 10-12 mobile wallet companies operating in the country.
Also Read: India moving towards Cashless Economy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data speaks of 19.9 million credit cards issued by 55 scheduled commercial banks in India till October 2014 in which HDFC Bank has issued the highest number of credit cards – 5.6 million – followed by 3.3 million by ICICI Bank.
In a very short time the size of mobile wallet market in India grew significantly. According to a study by research firm RNCOS, the current Indian market size for mobile wallet (m-wallet) stands at about Rs 350 crore and is estimated to rise to Rs 1,210 crore by 2019.


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Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) December 29, 2014
National Debt Relief shared recently in an article published December 23, 2014 how consumers can turn their finances around in 2015. The article titled “14 Tricks And Tips For Turning Around Your Finances In 2015” explains some useful money tips that American consumers can bring with them into 2015.
The article starts off by pointing out how a lot of consumers are already starting to wish that they have done more this 2014 to build up their finances. There are a lot of “what ifs”and wishing things were done a little differently. As 2014 comes to a close, there are a few things that consumers can keep in mind to help them with their finances come 2015.
On top of the list is being emotional with the money. This is not about love for money but rather it talks about how some financial decisions are driven by emotion. For some consumers, their goal is to pay off their mortgage loan as soon as possible. But sometimes, it is better to invest the extra funds if the return on investment is bigger than the mortgage rate.
The article also talks about balances and net worth. Some consumers spend more time checking and re-checking their account balances rather than keeping a close eye on their net worth. Focusing on the balances is not reflective of the current financial standing because there might be unpaid debts that lowers down a consumer's net worth.
One of the most important things when trying to build up and create a sustainable financial pillar in a consumer’s life is having an emergency fund. When a person loses their job or when the car transmission breaks, having an emergency fund can prevent getting into debt. It is ideal to have at least six-month’s worth of fund as this is the amount of time required to find a new job on the average
The article also points out how financially beneficial it is for consumers to try and negotiate on all their expenses whenever possible. It can anywhere from electricity to food and even with clothes. It is also a great idea to sell off old items when buying new ones. This helps consumers earn and free up space at the same time. To read the article, click this link: [http://www.nationaldebtrelief.com/14-tricks-tips-turning-around-finances-2015/


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Lower Global Semiconductor Revenue Forecast For 2007
Any ongoing rally in the second half of the year will stem from a surge in memory integrated circuit revenue and a stronger end-equipment market, researcher iSuppli predicts.
Market researcher iSuppli on Wednesday lowered its global semiconductor revenue forecast for all of 2007, due to a weakness in the first half of the year that offset stronger conditions in the second half.
Revenue growth for the year is now expected to rise by only 3.5% to $269.9 billion, up from the $260.6 billion chipmakers reported in revenue in 2006, iSuppli said. The firm in June had projected 6% growth for 2007.
The revision was due to a 6% decline in semiconductor revenue in the first half of the year, caused by a sales decline in memory integrated circuits, such as DRAM and NAND-type flash. "The memory revenue decline was spurred by a drop in average selling prices, which in turn was caused by a glut of parts on the market," iSuppli analyst Gary Grandbois said in a statement.
Any ongoing rally in the second half of the year will stem from the normal year-end seasonal strength, a surge in memory integrated circuit prices and revenue, and a stronger end-equipment market, iSuppli said. Global semiconductor revenue is expected to rise by 10% in the second half compared to the first half, marking a major turnaround in market conditions. If final sales match the forecast, semiconductor revenue would rise by 9.8% sequentially from the second quarter to the third quarter and by 4% from the third quarter to the fourth.
The projected rise in memory integrated circuit revenue is projected to have a major impact on the overall chip market, because the technology accounts for 23% of total semiconductor revenue, iSuppli said. Integrated circuit revenue is forecast to increase by 15% in the second half of the year over the first, as ASPs improve and the holiday season commences, bringing stronger sales of PCs.
PC shipments worldwide are still on track to increase by 12.3% this year over last year, according to Gartner. Shipments next year are still expected to rise by 11%.
Despite poor performance in the first half of 2007, improving conditions in the semiconductor market in the second half of the year are expected to ripple into 2008, iSuppli said. Electronic equipment revenue is expected to rise by 7% for 2008, up from the previous forecast of 6.4%.
5 Top Federal Initiatives For 2015As InformationWeek Government readers were busy firming up their fiscal year 2015 budgets, we asked them to rate more than 30 IT initiatives in terms of importance and current leadership focus. No surprise, among more than 30 options, security is No. 1. After that, things get less predictable.


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The front will adopt Honda's aggressive new styling theme, with a metallic strip running the full width, tying in with Honda's other US-market models. The parts coming from outside the USA likely include the hybrid powertrain, which is similar to that used in the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid , which went on sale in December.
Reports have said that defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation-which built the satellite-chose Elon Musk's SpaceX as its launch vehicle. The U.S. SpaceX had a spectacular launch this weekend, on January 7, which was capped by a near flawless landing of the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite was destined for low-Earth orbit, Robin Seemangal wrote for Wired late a year ago, and unlike most launches, the satellite manufacturer Northrop Grumman , not SpaceX, ...
Aboard the Russian rocket are Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, U.S. astronaut Scott Tingle, and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai. "Since coming to space, I have grown 9 centimeters". What's rare is the rate and amount Lt Kanai has grown in three weeks of living on the space lab. He further expressed his concern about whether he'd be able to adjust back upon his return to Earth.
Microsoft is now testing new features that help take achievements beyond a simple gamerscore. Xbox One Alpha Insiders are now testing a new firmware that brings a couple of nifty features. There are also a few tweaks to social settings. The Narrator is also now able to read large amounts of text. You'll now be able to shut down the console after two, three, four, and five hours of inactivity.
It could even mean the extinction of that group of animals, the biggest population of green sea turtles in the world. In some northern beaches near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists found that virtually every juvenile turtle was female, and over 85 per cent of the adults.
HTC may be announcing a new version of its HTC Vive virtual reality headset. If you want to experience VR untethered, HTC says that its newly unveiled Vive Wireless Adapter will work with both the Vive and Vive Pro . These advancements deliver on VR users' desire for higher resolution, improved audio, greater comfort, wireless freedom and immersive content discovery.
DJI's revealed a redesigned Osmo Mobile 2 smartphone camera stabilizer that is created to capture smooth videos and high-definition panoramas with cinematic movement, easily. The buttons too on the Osmo Mobile 2 are tweaked and they are made simpler to understand and use. Strong high-torque motors support the most popular camera and lens combinations including the Canon 5D, Panasonic GH, and Sony Alpha systems.
Neither SpaceX nor the U.S. military have disclosed the objective of the Zuma craft, but the news site says the satellite was created by aerospace firm Northrop Grumman . The unmanned Falcon rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on time at 8 p.m. with a brilliant flame visible for hundreds of miles. Such landings are vital to the company as they are being performed to improve the development of its reusable rockets.
This huge 4K TV is a 65-inch OLED panel, which is nearly as thin as a sheet of paper and can be rollable. That was much more of a tech demo than what this looks to be, just showing off the idea of a display that can be rolled up instead of how it might actually be used in practice.
But Damore's complaint appears to focus on how hard it is to be a white man in a primarily white and largely male-dominated field and goes after Google for discrimination against being male or Caucasian and its "open hostility for conservative thought".
If a MI player wins Saturday's $570 million jackpot, it would be the largest Powerball prize won in the state. The total of the two lotteries is the third largest in the history of the games. In 2013, an 84-year-old Zephyrhills woman was the victor of the largest single jackpot in American lottery history, valued at $590.6 million. But the $570 million Powerball jackpot is still up for grabs.
You'll note at least three new monsters introduced in the trailer. If you're planning on jumping into Monster Hunter big time, Monster Hunter World will be a great starting point. Not only that, during the Japanese live streaming of the game, Capcom also confirmed there will be regular content updates throughout. The second trailer is a sneak peek at the Deviljho Update, the first of several free patches - featuring new quests, monsters and armor - set to debut in 2018.
In short, Tesla's initial Model 3 production goal is about six months behind schedule. "We believe a fundraise will be necessary for Tesla in 2018", wrote Brian Johnson, an analyst at Barclays Plc, in a report to clients Thursday. While investors certainly won't look at another Model 3 production delay favorably, they may at the very least find solace in the fact that interest in the Model S and Model X is higher than it's ever been.
The duration of the total phase is 77 minutes, with the moon tracking through the southern part of the Earth's shadow. Get ready to witness the rare sight of the blood moon or blue supermoon that will happen for the first time in last 150 years .
Government's Zuma payload launch aboard the Falcon 9 rocket . Then, on Instagram , Musk said a hold-down test fire for the rocket was happening next week, with plans to launch by the end of the month. Instead, it will carry an original Tesla Roadster into an elliptic Mars orbit. SpaceX later released photos of the auto being encapsulated in the rocket's payload fairing.
The top and bottom speakers out front are also visible as are the volume controls plus the power button on the right, Sony may have skipped the fingerprint sensor, which was earlier seen on the power button. There is not so much difference in the design department. The biggest change to these mid-range models appears to be their transition from Mediatek systems-on-chip to Qualcomm Snapdragon 630s (2.2GHz octa core).
This is because projects take up less space than a TV would, and it can also generally project images and videos larger than a TV, although there will be certain aspects you'll have to sacrifice in the process. Also, it can be connected to external speakers or soundbars through optical output, Bluetooth or HDMI. LG touts that its 4K UHD projector from the HU80K series is nearly half the size of conventional 4K UHD projectors and has the same capability of projecting up to 150-inch 4K UHD ...
We are excited about the innovations June is bringing to the smart kitchen, including their existing Alexa skill, and look forward to what they will create when we introduce support for ovens in the Smart Home Skill API. Amazon has a handful of partners on board, but it isn't clear just how quickly support will roll out. GE Appliances , Kenmore , LG, and Samsung are also working on integrating Alexa's cooking capabilities into their smart ovens and appliances.
The smartphone was debuted in India following its formal announcement with a price tag of Rs. 6,999 and is also available in the US. One of the more notable internal upgrades of the Nokia 6 (2018) is its processor . Fingerprint: Embedded into the home button. Instead of the original model's Snapdragon 430 chipset, the second generation Nokia 6 offers a more powerful and energy-efficient Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 SoC.
While Meltdown is specific to Intel chips, Spectre affects chips from Intel, AMD and Arm . So what does one of the biggest security vendors have to say? "NCSC advises that all organisations and home users continue to protect their systems from threats by installing patches, as soon as they become available".
A previous update rolled out to Telegram on Android earlier in the month, but we are most excited about the Telegram 4.7 update. Moreover, the iOS app still can't support multiple accounts, but the company has chose to do something new for the iOS users, as well.
Under the new taxing rules, the tech giant will be able to repatriate about $220 billion in cash to the US. The tax cut paves the way for Apple to bring its massive pile of cash stored in foreign jurisdictions to the United States. While Apple does offer a vast catalogue of video and music content on iTunes, there is no denying the fact that streaming services such as Netflix are much more popular.
As of now, anyone with an iPhone 6 or newer device should be able to merely ask for a battery replacement and receive one for $29/£25, according to an internal memo that was obtained by iGeneration (and confirmed as authentic by MacRumors ).
It is known that Nokia 9 will come with a 5.30-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by 2560 pixels. While rumors have been circulating that Samsung could be modifying its DeX Station for the upcoming Galaxy S9, the company used the lull of the holidays to slip a trademark request into the European Unity Intellectual Property Office for the term DeX Pad.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is of course on this list (though still in Early Access on Xbox One ) as well as ARK: Survival Evolved , which originally came out in Early Access back in 2015 before launching later this year. Kim shared that there were some instances when even though developers had already finished making the game, it still "took 6 months more to launch". In fact, we received a couple of calls from a number of developers in Hollywood and Netflix.
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima spoke to Kyoto Shimbun in an interview where he discussed the console and how it continues to surpass expectations in terms of the Switch's sales targets. Nintendo's new system is a hit with critics and consumers alike, and is on pace to outsell its predecessor - the Wii U - in its first year . But, on the other, we also got Super Bomberman R for the Nintendo Switch last year , and that's a bit of a shocker considering that we haven't seen a new ...
It took them nearly an entire year, but the wait is finally over. Officially, the Kodi application is nothing more than an open-source media centre that allows users to gather a vast amount of multimedia content originating from various platforms.
The 88-inch 8K version is bound to be costlier. The television, which measures a huge 88 inches across in its display, packs a total of 7780 x 4320 pixels into all that screen real estate. Interestingly enough, while this kind of setup is offered by multiple tech companies, including Sony and Panasonic , they all get their panels from LG.
In what could be a major respite to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali , the central board of film certification has agreed to give the film U/A certification only if the makers are ready to do few modification. President of Rajput Sabha Giriraj Singh Lotwara said that it was unfortunate that the board wants to favour the film producers instead of considering recommendations of the panel that reviewed the film.
Nariman and U.U. Lalit ruled for scrapping the practice; the minority judgement by then chief justice J.S. Khehar and justice S. Abdul Nazeer upheld the validity of the practice and wanted Parliament to bring in legislation governing Muslim marriages and divorce within six months.
Till now you had to be a fellow Snapchat user to share your Snapchat Story, and given that the Snapchat user base is much smaller than the almost billion Instagram , Messenger and WhatsApp users, it meant you could reach more people by publishing your story on those platforms, making Snapchat's insular system, previously a positive, now a negative.
Reliance Jio said process to acquire assets of RCom is supervised by an independent group of distinguished industry experts and it emerged as the successful bidder in the two- stage bidding process. "The RJio deal consideration comprises primarily of cash payment and includes transfer of deferred spectrum instalments payable to the Department of Telecommunication (DoT)".
If you're a BlackBerry user who prefers the messaging app over BBM (who doesn't?), you can always grab a newer device that runs on Android. The company ended support for Nokia Symbian S60 devices in June. WhatsApp has also said that support for the Nokia S40 will be dropped on December 31, 2018, whereas Android devices running version 2.3.7 and older will be supported until February 1, 2020.
Energous , a wireless charging specialist, has received approval from U.S. regulators for its WattUp energy transmitter. That said, the wireless charging supported device should come with necessary hardware. You wouldn't need to "plug" anything into the device, but because you still need to hold it in a fixed location, the degree of additional convenience it offers isn't that significant.
If you're in Korea with an LG V30 , you'll be able to pick up Oreo right now either through an OTA or through a wired update. At this price and with the upcoming Android Oreo update, the Mi A1 will be in a better position to trump its competition like the Nokia 6 and Moto G5S Plus.


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JACKSON, MI – Launching a new company in Michigan is the focus of an upcoming workshop designed for aspiring entrepreneurs in the area.
The Michigan Small Business Development Center will host its “How to Start Your Own Business” workshop Thursday, Feb. 13 for those who are considering or are in the early stages of starting their own business.
The workshop will provide information to help people measure their abilities to lead and manage a company, consider the risks and feasibility of owning a successful business, and evaluate market and sales potential for their products and services.
Start-up costs, financing options and business planning also will be discussed.
The workshop is from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $30. The event will take place at Spring Arbor University’s downtown Jackson campus, 113 W. Michigan Ave., room 202.
For more information or to register for the event, visit misbtdc.org and select the "Register for Training" tab.
Jackson Area Manufacturers Association announces award winners
The Jackson Area Manufacturers Association recently announced its Student, Educator, Apprentice and Manufacturer of the Year award winners:
Apprentices of the Year: Corey Kimball of American Tooling Center and Ted Clark of Scott Machine
Student of the Year: Jackie Beverly of Pittsford High School
Educator of the Year: John Riedeman, "Project Lead the Way" instructor at Jackson Area Career Center
Manufacturer of the Year: Chris Salow, CEO of Peak Manufacturing
JAMA Heritage Hall of Fame Award: Herman W. Melling, inventor and co-founder of Camshaft Machine, Inc.
CP Federal Credit Union ribbon cutting
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Feb. 14 for CP Federal Credit Union.
The credit union will celebrate the grand re-opening of its branch at Polly’s Country Market, 1210 W. Parnall Road, with an open house, popcorn bar and prize drawing. The free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the ribbon will be cut at 11:30 a.m.


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In a dispute filed with the World Trade Organization the Obama administration is taking on China and that country’s trade practices regarding parts for the auto industry.
On Monday, the U.S. filed a “request for consultations” which is the first step in the WTO dispute process. This starts a 60-day clock where officials from the U.S. and China can talk and try to find a solution without further litigation, according to the WTO website. If these consultations fail, the dispute can be decided by a WTO panel.
The U.S. contends China is offering illegal subsidies to export products in China’s auto parts industry.
Groups such as the Alliance for American Manufacturing, which is a partnership formed between manufacturers and the United Steelworkers, and the AFL-CIO have issued statements in support of the move.
“The facts in the case are indisputable. China is subsidizing its auto parts sector, blocking our exports, and causing significant harm to workers and businesses in our nation. Our auto assembly sector, now back on its feet, could be undercut by China’s cheating, causing irreparable damage to the heart of America’s productive economy,” said Scott Paul, executive director of Alliance for American Manufacturing, in a written statement. “Auto parts makers in America have already seen the effects of 25 percent surges in Chinese imports over each of the past two years.”
Local companies, both large and small, have been pushing lawmakers to crack down on China’s trade policies and its current policies.
Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and several of his colleagues led an effort to get the President to confront China policies that affect U.S. auto parts jobs.
The Dayton region is a hub of the auto industry. Honda Motor Co. operates the largest manufacturing facility in the Dayton region with its engine plant in Anna. The plant currently employs about 2,400 workers. Honda announced earlier this year it is investing $100 million into the local plant.
General Motors has 400 employees at its DMAX diesel engine plant it operates in Dayton as a joint venture with Isuzu Motors. And AK Steel Holding, the largest company in the Dayton region, supplies steel to many automakers.


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Devon Buck has been charged with attempting to evade income taxes.
From 2015 to 2019 Buck tried to evade $203,324 in federal income taxes. Buck went as far as printing invoices on letterhead that specifically instructed customers on how to make out their checks. During that time, Buck diverted $677,877 of business income by cashing customer checks instead of depositing them in his business bank account. To further conceal the business income from the IRS, Buck provided his accountant with false business receipts and expenses, which underreported his income. In addition to restitution, Buck faces up to five years in prison.


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Just a pic of the new AirAsia Airbus with the Williams Formula One Team livery. The design was inspired by the graphics on the Williams car. It's already in town and the official launching is next Thursday. Not bad design except for the tyre graphics at the bottom of the plane. Btw, the nose cone design is inspired by Nico Rosberg's (one of the team drivers) helmet design.
Just another example of AirAsia's savvy international branding campaign.
UPDATED 20th March 2008- for pictures of the official launch go HERE.


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Libra, Deem, then nothing. Meta (Facebook), which launched the digital currency project with great fanfare in 2019, has abandoned the project. Mark Zuckerberg’s social network had in mind the launch of a virtual currency, called Libra, and then Diem, to offer a new payment method faster than an instant message outside of traditional banking circles. This was without taking into account the protest from central banks, regulators and policymakers who were concerned about risks to the stability of the financial system, anti-money laundering and protection of personal data.
Meta renamed its project Diem at the end of 2020 after the defection of several partners such as PayPal, Visa and Mastercard. A technological block that seemed inseparable from the futuristic metaverse on which the social network lays the package… three questions to clarify this announcement.
Does abandoning Diem call into question the Metaverse Project?
“As far as I know, Diem is dead,” analyst Rob Enderle told AFP. For him, Facebook’s reputation has reached a point where “they will have a very hard time doing something big”. However, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his metaverse project at the end of 2021, launching the first technology bricks in the US and Canada under the name Horizon Worlds. “This fight over virtual currency is lost but they hope to come back strong with the metaverse,” analyzes Sajida Zouari, an engineer and blockchain expert who was counted among the 40 most influential women in France in 2019 according to Forbes.
The social network is trying to rebuild its reputation with users, by changing its name, and attracting younger generations thanks to the metaverse. “Meta has more legitimacy in the metaverse than in the crypto space. Virtual reality is an important backbone in the conquest of the metaverse and Oculus, which specializes in virtual reality headsets,” continues the specialist. Virtual reality technologies are the key to creating an immersive experience in the virtual universe. With the explosion of digital uses during the health crisis, the metaverse could become a new form of interaction. Social Network 3.0.
Isn’t virtual currency one of the basics of metaverses?
The metaverse is not without cryptocurrencies and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Cryptocurrencies to buy virtual goods that are sold in the form of digital tokens. So what can we do without Diem? In fact, Facebook does not need to offer an internal virtual currency to create its global virtual world. “In the metaverse, we have access to many payment methods: virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies, and even traditional payment methods,” Sajida Zouari insists. The user experience will change but the virtual world can integrate any financial service. Finally, Facebook returns to its core business: the social network.
Is this good news for our personal data?
If Diem’s virtual currency had seen the light of day, it would have been another tool for collecting users’ personal data. Facebook (Meta) had access to the financial behaviors of its users, in addition to everything else. But with the metaverse, it’s even worse. “Facebook will create a virtual world in which it will collect an unimaginable amount of personal data that it can exploit with impunity,” Sajida Zouari worries. We don’t even have time to rejoice at Deem’s failure at the emergence of the metaverse. It’s like Hydra: in the face of an organization as powerful as Facebook, when you cut Upside down, it’s pushing two more back.” In the metaverse, the user can buy a house, land, have access to services. Not counting managing its virtual identity with avatars, kind of an extension of ourselves. Meta will pick up more information about its users and get richer.


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Stage Store has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. The retail currently has over 700 stores in 42 different states.
The company has reported that they will start liquidating inventory at select stores on May 15, 2020. Stage Store is actively looking for someone to buy the company. The retailer currently owes over $500 million to creditors.
According to the Bankruptcy filing, Stage Store has a little over $1.7 billion in assets.


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Zenith Motors LLC, a Kentucky-based electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced that its all-electric shuttle vans are California Air Resources Board approved and now eligible for a California voucher program.
The California Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) aims to help introduce fleet operators to sustainable truck and bus solutions by reducing the incremental cost of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Fleet owners that operate Class 2 or Class 3 shuttle vans in California can now apply for an HVIP voucher of up to $50,000 to buy a Zenith Motors model. Zenith says its shuttle vans seat up to 11 people and can travel up to 60 miles per hour with a range from 90 or 110 miles per charge, depending on the model chosen.
‘We are extremely pleased … to be able to offer our California fleet owners a zero-emission shuttle van that is competitively priced compared to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles and less expensive to operate than gasoline-powered vehicles,’ says William Yung, CEO of Zenith Motors LLC.


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Maritim Hotels is planning to open two new hotels in Hangzhou and Hefei, in the eastern part of China, next year.
The Germany-based company already has three hotels in China: the Maritim Hotel Shenyang, the Maritim Hotel Changzhou and the Maritim Hotel Wuhu.
Located in the capital and largest city of the Zhejiang Province, the Maritim Hotel Hangzhou will have 300 guestrooms. In recent years, Hangzhou has become a new industrial hub focused on medicine, technology, electronics and food processing.
The Maritim Hotel Hefei is located in the capital of Anhui Province. Focusing on business travelers, the hotel will have 335 rooms.
“The Chinese market is hugely important to Maritim Hotels," Mark Spivey, director of international sales at Maritim Hotels, said in a statement. "As one of the world’s largest economies and a renowned international business destination, expansion in China is an integral part of the company’s strategy.”
The initiative is also important for raising brand awareness in an ever-increasing demographic. “In Europe, whilst Chinese visitor numbers were down generally in the first quarter of this year (January to April), we experienced significant growth with 22,000 overnight stays; an increase of 67 percent compared to last year’s figures for the same period," Spivey said. "With trade groups accounting for a large majority of the bookings, followed by leisure travelers, China is the third biggest source market for Maritim Hotels, particularly since the recent relaxation on rules regarding visas.”
Both hotels are scheduled to open next year. The Maritim Hotel Hefei is expected in July 2017, and the Maritim Hotel Hangzhou is slated to open in December 2017.


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The factory will be producing 2,500 cars a day by the turn of the year and already has
overseas orders of 130,000.
Six thousand British drivers have a new model reserved and the firm is expecting more
orders to follow now that the public can get a closer look at the car.
The early success of the new model puts Peugeot at odds with competitors Rover and Ford
who have all announced cutbacks in recent weeks.
Peugeots managing director Richard Parham said today:
"This is a very, very important car for the future of Ryton. Everyone has worked
very, very hard over the last three years to ensure we won the investment decision to make
the car at the Ryton plant.
"We have the opportunity because of the agreement we reached with our own
workforce to increase our capacity by introducing a third shift at Ryton, if the car is
successful and the market in which is competes is growing.
"That has been in our long-term plans but we will have to look at how successful
the car is in the UK, Europe and globally and measure that carefully.
"We have worked very hard in the last couple of years to improve our productivity
and we have eliminated that productivity gap between ourselves and the overseas factories.
Everyone in the company has worked very hard and deserves congratulations for closing that
"You can never be complacent about improving quality and introducing new products.
Everyone has problems but if they are difficulties outside your control with the
economy for example it is very hard."
Neil Sebright, sales manager of Peugeot dealer Phoenix, said the garage had been
inundated with enquiries.
"The response has been incredible. We did our own launch on Monday and we
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- Year-over-year headline inflation held at 1.7%
- Core inflation held at 2.4%.
Core ex-food & energy CPI price inflation held at a 2.4% year-over-year rate in September – still above the Fed’s 2% inflation objective. Energy prices have been weighing a touch on the headline rate, which remained at a lower 1.7% year-over-year growth pace in September. But lower gasoline prices are a positive for household purchasing power. The Fed’s preferred core PCE deflator has been below core CPI this year, but growth in that measure has also ticked higher in recent months, rising to 1.8% in August.
Underlying inflation trends increasingly look to be converging around the Fed’s 2% objective. The central bank is also, if anything, exceeding its full-employment objective with the unemployment rate sitting at multi-decade lows. Still, Fed policymakers have shown far more concern about the external growth backdrop, and the economic impact of escalating US-China trade tensions/tariffs, than current domestic conditions. The Fed remains highly likely to follow up 25 basis point rate cuts in July and September with another move lower in Q4.


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Jackie Rhind launched Ovry to give women a better pregnancy test option.
Like many businesses, Jackie Rhind’s startup ran into some problems when COVID-19 struck North America. That might be where the similarities stop, though.
Rhind had the idea to launch Ovry, a company specializing in affordable and sustainable pregnancy and ovulation test strips, in 2019, and was on the verge of receiving the first batch of tests to send to market.
But last April, she got notice that the Surrey manufacturing facility on tap to make the strips would have to immediately stop the order to focus on COVID tests.
“I hadn’t thought about it when the pandemic hit in March, but of course these medical device manufacturers produce tests for different uses,” Rhind recalls. “We were pushed back and couldn’t be given a time. And of course that’s legit—making COVID tests. But it was also really challenging, because we were ready to go in April.”
Some four months later, Ovry was able to properly launch as manufacturer brought on more equipment and fulfilled orders to its other clients without skipping a beat on COVID tests.
Since then, the company has operated remotely with three full-time employees—including Revelstoke-based Rhind, along with a bevy of contractors—to make an impact on the market. Its pregnancy tests cost about a quarter of what the big brand names charge and require 99 percent less single-use plastic.
The main reason for both of those stats are that instead of a stick, Ovry offers tests in the same strip format that doctors use. “They hadn’t been properly and easily packaged in a trustworthy brand,” Rhind says. “You can get some on Amazon, but the quality and accuracy is a bit questionable. And that’s a product you want to be able to trust.”
Rhind, who was born with Factor V (pronounced five, what she calls a “fairly common gene mutation” that increases someone’s chances of developing blood clots), wasn’t able to take many forms of birth control as a teenager.
“Basically, anytime I had a late period I get really nervous, even when I took all the precautions,” she says. “There were a lot of anxious visits at the drugstore, hoping I wouldn’t run into a friend’s mom or whatever.”
To that end, she made discretion a priority for Ovry, from the way it’s shipped, with no markings or branding, to the wording on receipts and credit card statements.
“If you look at brands like First Response or Clearblue, their only focus is on people who are trying to get pregnant,” Rhind argues. “And fair enough, those people will be taking a ton of tests. But if you think of everyone taking a test hoping it’s positive, there are probably about 100 that are hoping it’s negative. And that segment of the market that’s not really talked to.”
Ovry skews toward what she calls more inclusive messaging to find a bigger tent of customers. “The range of different people that are buying our products, it’s unbelievable,” says Rhind, who didn’t want to share hard numbers but maintains that sales are doing well, adding that the company is considering partnerships with some larger retailers.
“Some of the users have been athletes with irregular periods or people who have IUDs and are on super effective birth control but are worried it’s not working,” she says. “Or it’s the first month and it’s not working. I had one lady who had a fear of childbirth called tokophobia and takes tests every month; she’s glad she doesn’t have to physically go to the grocery store anymore.”
Rhind balances running Ovry with serving as one of Revelstoke’s five councillors. As a young person from Toronto, she’s predictably seen a fair bit of pushback from some older inhabitants, but she thinks the Kootenay community is changing for the better.
“A lot of the longtime residents will get frustrated with people who move here to enjoy nature, and say, Our town used to be so different,'” she admits. “But it’s not as if Revelstoke is attracting ex-cons. These are healthy young individuals who enjoy going on hikes, who want to volunteer, have jobs, have kids. So it’s not too hard to sell to people.”
Neither are pregnancy tests, it turns out.


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Credit-card processing company iPayment Inc. posted a loss in the third quarter compared to the same period a year ago, but revenues increased.
Nashville-based iPayment Inc. showed a loss of $730,000 in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to a profit of $8.1 million in the third quarter last year. Revenues increased nearly 7 percent to $187 million.
The drop was largely due to a $13.6 million upward swing in interest expense, primarily attributable to the company's acquisition by CEO Greg Daily, President Carl Grimstad and other parties in May of this year.
Income from operations during the quarter (income before interest and other expenses) was $14.6 million in the quarter compared to $15.3 million in the third quarter last year.
Through the first nine months of the year, the company's charge volume - transactions handled for clients - increased to $19.7 billion compared to $19.2 billion in the first nine months of 2005. The company provides processing services to more than 140,000 small merchants throughout the United States.


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PUBG Is Going Futuristic With A New Mobile Game
PUBG Corporation has announced a new mobile game called PUBG New State for Android and iOS devices.
Set in 2051,Â PUBG: New State takes place years in the future on a new map called Troi, featuring futuristic weapons and vehicles, like drones and deployable combat shields. It has a certain Call Of Duty Black Ops vibe to it. Players will also apparently be able to modify their weapons with attachments similar to that in other battle royale games like Apex Legends.
PUBG New State will actually be the third PUBG game to be released. However, it is only the second title to be developed by the original PUBG creators PUBG Corporation. This is because the popular PUBG Mobile was actually developed by Chinese developer Tencent. I’ll say this; PUBG New State does look a lot better than PUBG Mobile in terms of visuals.
PUBG New State will be available on Android and iOS sometime later in 2021, with alpha tests also set for later this year. For now, you can pre-register on the Google Play Store here.


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Microsoft and Google is working together to bring new YouTube app for Windows Phone.
On 7th May Microsoft released a new YouTube app in their app store, which violates YouTube API policy. They even didn’t bother to ask Google before publishing the app. Microsoft brought their customers ad free viewing experience with the option to download the video in their device and watch it offline. Google and Microsoft’s relation wasn’t that much good and after Google released their cloud based Office apps to take over Microsoft’s Office 365 it went much worse.
Google didn’t like it, on May 15th they sent a cease and desist (C&D) letter to Microsoft requesting either block the app or pull it off from the marketplace by May 22nd. YouTube is the largest video sharing site at present and it helps it’s media partners by monetizing their video. Content providers are losing money for the Windows Mobile YouTube app. There are plenty Windows phone users at the moment worldwide. If everyone start watching YouTube videos without the ads Google and it’s partners will lose a lot of money / revenue. Who wants to lose money? I guess no one.
Yesterday both of the companies released a statement that they are working together to make an YouTube app by following Google’s guideline. The new YouTube app for Windows phones expected to arrive in the app market soon by end of next month. This is a good sign we see that two giant companies are working together and hard to bring nice YouTube experience for the Windows Phone users.
In the new YouTube app for Windows phone, users will be able to watch ads and of-course no offline content, means no video download. But, seriously? There are plenty of apps to download videos from YouTube even in HD.
We will post more info as soon as we get it. By that time why don’t you visit our Facebook page facebook.com/techloverhd to join & share your ideas. You can follow us on Twitter @techloverhd stay connected :D


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A new Raising Cane’s restaurant opens this week at the southeast corner of Central Expressway and Forest Lane. The fast-food chain, based in Louisiana and famous for their chicken fingers, tangy Cane’s sauce and fresh-squeezed lemonade, has been serving food to employees for a few days as part of their training process. They officially open Thursday, Nov. 5.
Formerly at that location was a Lonestar Title Loans, which was razed for the Raising Cane’s stand-alone store.
If you simply cannot wait until Thursday, there are Raising Cane’s restaurants on Greenville Ave. south of Lovers Lane and on Plano Road at Belt Line.


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After a busy week and with the Big Day just around the corner, it’s great to be able to tick a few more tasks off the pre-Christmas jobs list. Christmas cards written and posted, tree up, house decorated and freezer bursting with food for the festive period. Apart from the last minute shop for fresh goods and collecting the turkey and ham this weekend, the only other big task remaining is the dreaded annual clear out of the children’s play area to make room for what’s awaiting them under the Christmas tree.
Yet, with the enduring gloomy state of the economy, one might think that Christmas this year might be a leaner one across London than other years. Apparently not – according to official figures, London Christmas shoppers spent a staggering £200m last weekend, smashing the trading record set a week ago.
So Christmas is going to be as big as ever yet Brits are living in ever smaller homes. Figures show that as the only EU country not to have minimum space standards, we build the smallest new dwellings in Europe. And so it’s no surprise that recent research from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) reports that “more storage space” is one of the eight key features that people are looking for when choosing a home.
To add to the squeeze on space, the growing trend of decorating the outside of homes and gardens with lights and Christmas characters doesn’t appear to be waning. Out and about in Camden, Southwark and Wandsworth there are some fine examples. Keep your eyes out for the best ones.
No matter the size of your home, Christmas and all that comes with it is guaranteed to put pressure on space in our homes. Our managers at our storage facilities in Wandsworth, Camden and Southwark have all been busy helping customers as they collect stored Christmas decorations and lights, drop-off other household items to free-up space and store Christmas presents safely away in the run-up to the big day.
Christmas time or not, we provide affordable self storage for pretty much whatever you want to store – as long as it’s legal and not living! So don’t struggle with a lack of space at this or any time of year. Give us a call or drop into one of our self storage facilities to see how we can help you out and let us take the weight off your shoulders.